Peter Blume (1906 - 1992) was an American painter (born in
Russia) of the magic realism school. He and his family emigrated from
Russia to New York City in 1906.

Peter Blume's brand of Surrealism was
based on the juxtaposition of disjunctive and unrelated objects and
figures, all rendered in an accomplished and painstaking technique that
echoes northern European painting of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. Blume labored intensively over his paintings, creating many
sketches, which explains the relative rarity of large-scale works.

He painted The Eternal City which
is a reference to Rome, Italy, as well as The Rock (1944-1948)
which depicts the process of rebuilding civilization out of its own
destruction.

In 1934 he won the Carnegie
International Award with South of Scranton (Metropolitan Museum of
Art).

Tasso

The Eternal City
1934-37

South of Scranton
1931

House
at Fallingwater
1938

Cartoon
Sketch for Autumn

Study
for the Boulders of Avila
1976

Satyr
with Cock
1974

Study
for Recollection After the Flood
1967

Winter

Home for Christmas

Light of the World
1932

Crucifixion
1951

Banyan
Tree
1961

Vegetable Dinner
1927

New England Barn
1926

Spring
1987

Untitled
1989

Autumn

Untitled

Untitled

The Rock
1944

Der Dampfer

Banyan
Trees
1961

Group of People
1958

Harps
1932

Poppies
#2
1964

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